Church History

This brief, accessible invitation to the historic creeds and confessions makes a biblical and historical case for their necessity and shows why the...

Conway presents a landmark text on the history of German churches during the Nazi era.

The Council of Jerusalem described in the Acts of the Apostles committed Christianity to offering to gospel to all of humanity. The decisions taken...

Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, po...

African Christianity is not an imported religion but rather one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world. In The Kingdom of God in Africa, ...

2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower - the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It's a foundational even...

The Identity and the Life of the Church is a study of John Calvin's ecclesiology that argues that Calvin's idea of the twofold identity of the Chur...

Historical and Theological Reflections on the Anglican Church from J. I. Packer The Anglican Church has a rich theological heritage filled with a d...

Green Men are faces sprouting foliage that are found in churches, abbeys and cathedrals. They were popular figures adorning church architecture and...

If there is "nothing new under the sun," perhaps the main task now facing the Western church is not to reinvent or be relevant, but to remember. T...

The Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa, and Europe, spoke many languages, was situated within diverse c...

Decimated by war, revolution, and famine, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia was in critical condition in 1921 In e Gates of Hell, Matthew ...

The Fifteen Confederates was published anonymously in the autumn of 1521, shortly after Martin Luther's hearing at the Diet of Worms and subsequent...

At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adher...

Many recognise Everett Ferguson as the definitive voice on early Christianity, patristic writing and ecclesiology. The Early Church at Work and Wor...

In The Division of Christendom, revered historian Hans J. Hillerbrand details the events and ideas of the sixteenth century and contends that the P...

Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world...

This 2 volume set by J.K. Hewison details the remarkable events of the Scottish covenanting period. 'The value of this book lies in the fact that i...

John Webster Grant?s The Church in the Canadian Era was originally published in 1972. It remains a classic and important text on the history of the...

The central focus of this book is the role that the British, Australian, Canadian, South African, and New Zealand (BACSANZ) Baptist press played in...

Everyone is familiar with the Bible—after all, it’s still the best-selling book in the world. But just exactly how did we get the collection of six...

Appeal is often made in ecumenical discussion between East and West to the standard of the undivided Church of the first centuries of the Christian...

The Beginner’s Guide to God chronicles the growth of Christianity after Jesus’ ministry and details the persecution of his followers. There’s also ...

The nature of Baptist identity has come to a place of critical importance in Baptist studies. What exactly constitutes a Baptist? Tom Nettles seeks...

Michael W. Holmes, a leading text critic and scholar of the Apostolic Fathers, offers a highly readable translation of the most significant body of...

Patrick Whitworth tells the story of the growth of the early Christian community. Eschewing speculation, he provides a clear narrative interspersed...

The stained glass windows of England's cathedrals and churches are masterpieces of colour and storytelling, and for a thousand years they have brou...

St Edmund's Church in the beautiful village of Warkton, Northamptonshire is an unassuming place – but it holds some of the most exquisite sculpture...

Throughout the history of the Christian church, two narratives have constantly clashed: the imperial logic of Babel that builds towers and borders ...

Discover why the fundamentals of the Reformation still matter today Why do people get so excited about a bunch of Latin phrases, that some guys in ...

Where most books dance around the distasteful details of the church's past, this one puts a spotlight on the negative and positive alike. With one ...

Many have heard of the extraordinary explosion of Christianity throughout China in recent decades. Few, however, know how it occurred. Paul Hattawa...

The Crossway Short Classics Series Presents Rare Sermons from Black Puritan Minister Lemuel Haynes Born in 1753, Lemuel Haynes was an indentured se...

Samuel Rutherford (ca.1600–1661) was one of his era’s most accomplished men—university scholar, defender of the Reformed faith and Presbyterian chu...

The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Yarrow looks at the ori...

In the Middle Ages, it was thought that praying at the right shrine could save you from just about anything, from madness and famine to false impri...

Russian Baptists and the Orthodox Church have had a difficult, and at times, dramatic relationship over the past century and a half. However, the p...

The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned wi...

Fire blazes from heaven, and a stone altar erupts in flame. So begins a spiritual awakening, the kindling of a revival fire still burning today. Be...

Revival Ð a people saturated with God, answers the question: What is ÔrevivalÕ in the history of the Christian church and how can we distinguish a...

Wales has been called the land of revival because at least fifteen outstanding revivals in Wales from 1762-1862 resulted in spiritual awakening. Th...

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands along...

Constantine's life – his career, faith and relationship to the church – raises questions for Christians and for historians that cannot be ignored. ...